IMAP4 Implementation Recommendations
RFC 2683, “IMAP4 Implementation Recommendations”, is an Informational document published in September 1999 by B. Leiba. It has since been updated by RFC 7162. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
The IMAP4 specification describes a rich protocol for use in building clients and servers for storage, retrieval, and manipulation of electronic mail. Because the protocol is so rich and has so many implementation choices, there are often trade-offs that must be made and issues that must be considered when designing such clients and servers. This document attempts to outline these issues and to make recommendations in order to make the end products as interoperable as possible. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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- RFC 2685 Virtual Private Networks Identifier
- RFC 2680 A One-way Packet Loss Metric for IPPM
- RFC 2686 The Multi-Class Extension to Multi-Link PPP
- RFC 2679 A One-way Delay Metric for IPPM
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